Garment-supporter.



R. S. CARTER. GARMENT SUPPORTER. APPLICATION FILED 8 12114, 1912.

1 074 605 Patented Oct. 7, 1913.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application file d-September"14,1912. Serial no. 720,335;

Be it known that 1, ROBERT S. GARTER,l citizen of the United States, andresident ofi Chicago, in the county of Cook and State, of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Support:

ers, of which. the following is a full, clear,i

and exact specification.

This invention relates to improvements;

in garmentsupporters in which the garment j is clasped between the freeend of a fixed. jaw and a pivoted movable jaw, the movable jaw of whichis locked in its operative .po-,

sition by means of a cam or eccentric formed therewith, and moreparticularly to gar-5 ment supporters which are especially adapted foruse as hose supporters. i Prior to my invention there have been withwhichthey :cut holes in the hose, even when the edge of theclamping jawsare not serrated but smooth, and for the reason that the movable jawswings from a fixed axis, and that it cannot adjust itself to thefixed-jaw or unevenness inthe hose at the .point clamped, as forexample, when :one portion of the length of its edge pressessimultaneously against a comparatively unyielding seam and the yieldingfabric of the hose so that there is a side pull, eventually wearingthrough or cutting a hole in the hose, and furthermore that when themovable jaw clamps the hose as tight as it should be for safety of holdthereon, it can only be loosened and detached by taking hold of it withthe fingers, which is not infrequently quite painful to the operator.

The object of myinvention is a garment supporter, the opposing edges ofthe fixedand movable jaw of which are both straight and smooth, and themovable jaw .pivotally supported in sucha manner that concurrently withits pivotal swinging movement itshall directly pinching a hose betweenit and the edge of the fixed j aw.

A further object of my invention is to have the movable jaw so suspendedthat it may be operated to and from its closed position by means of alever and in such a manner that there can be no necessity for takinghold of the movable jaw with the fingers to loosen it or detach it fromthe hose, which several serious objections to hose supportersi, now uponthe market, and among which obectlons may be mentioned the frequencylever also serves to lock the movable j against accidental detachmentfrom its operativeposition. I f A further object of this invention is agarment supporter and particularly one adapted for supporting hose, ofthe simplest possible construction, and fewest number of 1 parts, ofdurable construction, in which it is possible and practical to securethe objects above mentioned.

.With these ends in view, my invention finds embodiment in certainfeatures of novelty in the construction, combination and arrangement ofparts by which the said objects and certain other objects are hereinafter attained,all as fully described with reference to theaccompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the claim. Ai

In said drawing: Figure 1 illustrates in side elevation a garmentsupporter in its operative position, locking a garment and particularlyhose thereto. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the jaws open, and Fig. 3is a front elevation thereof.

Similar characters of reference indicate the same parts in the severalfigures of the drawing.

The body portion of the fixed jaw of my garment supporter preferablyconsists of a sheet metal plate 4, from one end of which is bent a.hook-like portion forming the jaw -5 thereof, the edge 6 of whichpreferably eX- the slotted end are outwardly bent lugs l0'l0 formingbearings for lugs 1111 projecting laterally from a lever 12, provided atits outer end with a thumb portion also have an end thrust, whereby itmayj be moved to its operative position without 13 for convenience ofmanipulation, as hereinafter described. Lever 12 is provided with a benttongue 14 cut therefrom, forming a bearing for a movable jaw 15 providedwith a slot 16 (see Fig. '3) the width of which slot is somewhat greaterthan the thickness of the bent tongue, and also somewhat longer than thewidth of the tongue, so that the movable jaw may have a slight endwiseand also lateral movement on its bearing for adjusting its edge to anyun- .dental outward movement. 7 observed that the fabrlc 19 of agarment, as

for example the upper portion of a hose, is

evenness in the fabric held between the end of the. movable jaw and inthe pocket formed by the hook 5 on the fixed jaw, in order that thestrain of an uneven fabric held between the two jaws may be uniformlydistributed throughout the width of both jaws. Lever 12 has preferablyformed therewith inwardly beyond its pivotal point,-

an' angular bent portion 17, so formed with afoot 18 that when the leveris in the position shown in Fig. 1 the lever will be locked, and alsothe movable jaw held against acci- -"not' clamped directly between theopposing straight edges of the jaws, but is bent over the edge of thefixed jaw and under the edge of the movable jaw, and that by having themovable jaw self adjustable both laterally and longitudinally by meansof the slot 16 working loose on its pivot, thestrain or pull upon a hoseor other garment will be uniformly distributed along the entire width ofboth jaws, and that after inserting the fabric to its operative positionin the fixed jaw,

7 it is' not compressed between the two jaws until the movable jaw hasbeen swung inwardly past the edge of the fixed jaw. In

other words after inserting the fabric to its operative positionrelative to the fixed jaw with the movable jaw and the lever in their iopen position as shown in Fig. 2, it will now the fixed jaw, for thereason that it will then have reachedthe limit of its longitudinalmovement and by the cam like action of the tongue be forced againstand'pinch the fabric against the curved inner wall of the hook, butbeing still free to move laterally, will also at the same time adjustitself to unevenness in the fabric in such a manner that the strain uponthe fabric will be uniformly distributed the full width of thecompressingedge of the movable jaw. As a means for adjusting both jawsto unevenness in the fabric such, for example, as occurs from seamspartly clamped therein, this lateral Copies of this patent may beobtained for It will now be andlongitudinal shifting of a movable jaw onits pivotal support is regarded as an important feature of my invention,and this whether the movable jaw is suspended by and from a lever, or byother means of support.

When the lever is in its closed position,

shown in Fig. 1,'the foot 18 will lie fiat against the plate 4 at, apoint thereon whichmay be said to. be the upper. end ,of the shank ofthe fixed jaw, and thereby lockthe lever against an accidental outwardmovement, and yet enable the lever to be quite easily started from itslocked position.

It will now. be observed with respect to the movable jaw and itssuspending lever that their connection is a shifting fulcrum by means ofwhich the movable jaw not only has a pivotal movement, but also a thrustmovement, providing for first a swinging movement inwardly beyond theedge of the fixed jaw withoutpinching the goods, and

then a thrust movement clamping the goods against the curved portion ofthe fixed jaw and notonly enabling the movable jaw to adjust itself tounequal thickness and hard and soft places in the fabric, but in such amanner thatthe'strain of the fabric is evenly distributed entirelyacross the ends of both jaws. My invention 15, therefore, not limited tothe speclal devices and arrangement of devices herein described, but

includes any shifting fulcrum support for the movable jaw accomplishingthe results next above recited. 3

Having described my invention, whatv I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

A garment supporter comprising in com-1 bination a fixed jaw, providedwith lugs bent therefrom, a lever pivoted to said lugs, a loop bent fromsaid lever, a movable jaw pivoted to said loop provided with a slot ofgreater length and width thanthe width and thickness of the loop,whereby on operating the lever said jaw has ashifting ful crum movementthereon, substantially as described. j V j In witness whereof, I havehereunto set my hand and aflixed my seal, this 11th day of September, A.D. 191 2.

ROBERT s. CARTER.

Witnesses:

'JNo. G. ELLIOTT, MILDRED ELSNER.

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